Used Fridges ‘Reduced To Clear’

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SOCIAL WHIP 11 years ago

Dr. Ahenkora should later on come out and tell us how much the refirgerator manufacturer will pay him before setting up a factory in Ghana. Manufacturers are not investing in Ghana because of the corrupt attitude of the offic ...
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Dr. Ahenkora should later on come out and tell us how much the refirgerator manufacturer will pay him before setting up a factory in Ghana. Manufacturers are not investing in Ghana because of the corrupt attitude of the officials responsible for giving out permits. Unfortunately the bad manufacturing companies win because they are ready to pay the most bribes. We will all know how long the refigerators that will be produced locally will last. I am for the ban if the measure is really in the good interest of the ordinary Ghanaian.
ZoRRo 11 years ago

You would expect that the local manufacturing would start before the ban, or soon after. Now we have banned, and now looking for a manufacturer. Our national planning is just pathetic.

You would expect that the local manufacturing would start before the ban, or soon after. Now we have banned, and now looking for a manufacturer. Our national planning is just pathetic.
Opoku Agyemang 11 years ago

Message to Dr. Alfred Ahenkorah, executive secretary of the Energy Commission, your idea of stoping the old Fridges can not help Ghana, why because it is going to bring more creminals into ghana, because most of the chil ...
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Message to Dr. Alfred Ahenkorah, executive secretary of the Energy Commission, your idea of stoping the old Fridges can not help Ghana, why because it is going to bring more creminals into ghana, because most of the children who have learn the work of fridges are going to stop working and how are they going to live.Ask your self if you buy the new fridge for about 3 to 4years and it get fault are you going to spoil it or you will send it for repairs. TO my idea and to your co-operation, I would like you and the people in Ghana to mantain this fridges NR.R600 R134 and R800, these numbers
dont give sickness or use more energy and thy are been used even in advance countries like germany, France.
Charlie King Addo 11 years ago

When con artists are at the helm of affairs nothing good comes out. Ghanaians will forever tighten their belts until there is not enough oxygen flow to the brain. Then everything collapses. Perhaps they will then realize they ...
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When con artists are at the helm of affairs nothing good comes out. Ghanaians will forever tighten their belts until there is not enough oxygen flow to the brain. Then everything collapses. Perhaps they will then realize they have been had big time. We sit on gold but we are poor. Oil and gas is in abundance but not enough juice for home consumption. Our law makers are the very ones who should be behind bars. Men and women who should know better will turn around and gun for my throat for to them, I am not educated enough therefore I am not qualified to have an opinion. Mass migration from towns and villages to live like dogs in the big cities. With sincere guidance and encouragement they could till the land to become rich in 4 short years. If farming is such a bad thing why are the Chinese and whites buying our farmlands? We have confused leaders and they continue to lead the not so informed masses into the ditch. Criminality gives a temporal rush but then when the truth catches up with you “you go catch pepper”. Today you are untouchable and you are invincible. If heaven should come down you will catch it. It is called complacency. You lose focus and you feel you are immortal and that my dear is the fool in you manifesting its ignorant self. Does it ever occur to them that they leave behind their offspring to inherit the wrath of blunders committed by their parents? I once read one of Acheampong`s son roaming the streets of Accra butt naked. Even if he displayed minute latency of insanity earlier on, the brutal assassination of his father triggered the full blown mad state he was in.
It can take only 10 years of intelligent leadership and Ghana could be like Heaven with all the good and bad that come with it. All I see now is evil and the devils advocates. I am sorry guys if this is not music to your ears; this is “say it loud”. Ghana is a good country in the hands of bad people. We can do a whole lot better than this. Why play the fool and be treated as such by scum bags.
Nina Ashanti lady 11 years ago

It's unfortunate, but it is very true that old fridges are dangerous, filty and harmful. We have no idea where these old rejected and out of date fridges comes from, please Ghanaians if you value your life do without a fridge ...
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It's unfortunate, but it is very true that old fridges are dangerous, filty and harmful. We have no idea where these old rejected and out of date fridges comes from, please Ghanaians if you value your life do without a fridge. In the olden days there were no fridge but they survived, they even lived longer than recent years.
MENSAH BONSU 11 years ago

The government must implement the ban to the letter and those who flout the ban or aids its floutting should be severely punished.It is high time ghanaians learned to obey the law.

The government must implement the ban to the letter and those who flout the ban or aids its floutting should be severely punished.It is high time ghanaians learned to obey the law.
Blaque Marque 11 years ago

YES YES YES...brother I am with you on this.

The ban should be implemented to the full. These commentators are all living abroad and they know very well what happens here.

YES YES YES...brother I am with you on this.

The ban should be implemented to the full. These commentators are all living abroad and they know very well what happens here.
American D 11 years ago

During this time, you think it would have been a good idea to have a place in Ghana that manufactures fridges PRIOR to the ban?

During this time, you think it would have been a good idea to have a place in Ghana that manufactures fridges PRIOR to the ban?
arhinful 11 years ago

can you tell us doctor how gh is saving 33 million dollars. i hope the company to come may sell fridges that run on water and have eternal lifespan. when i hear this in 2013 it encourages me to keep on praying as it proves th ...
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can you tell us doctor how gh is saving 33 million dollars. i hope the company to come may sell fridges that run on water and have eternal lifespan. when i hear this in 2013 it encourages me to keep on praying as it proves that God is in control amen
anayomi 11 years ago

SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR STUPID POLICYS

SHAME ON YOU AND YOUR STUPID POLICYS
KWABENA DANSOMAN 11 years ago

talks were underway with a leading refrigerator manufacturer, which would set a factory in Ghana.
"SERIOUS MINDED PEOPLE"!

talks were underway with a leading refrigerator manufacturer, which would set a factory in Ghana.
"SERIOUS MINDED PEOPLE"!
Kwadjo Darko 11 years ago

this ban is certainly not reasonable. because to say all used fridges are not efficient or pollutes the environment is not true and misleading.

first of all there are about five main categories of refrigerants used in m ...
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this ban is certainly not reasonable. because to say all used fridges are not efficient or pollutes the environment is not true and misleading.

first of all there are about five main categories of refrigerants used in modern refrigeration units.

the first and most environmentally damaging is the cfc's eg. r12. but these are no longer used in the developed world since 2008.

the second group is the hcfc's. these too are being faced out since 2010 and very few refrigeration unit today have those refrigerant and therefore unlikely to be shipped to ghana in large quantities.

that leave us with the relatively acceptable and environmentally friendly group called the hfc's eg. r134a.

i can assure my readers that about 70% of all domestic refrigeration units shipped to ghana will have this type of gas and so will 90% of all cars with air conditioning. yes, there are newer, efficient and more environmentally friendly refrigerants such as the hc's and co2. but it still does not make sense to put a wholesale ban on imported second hand fridges since most will contain hfc's and hc's which are efficient, does not deplete the ozone and are still being produced and used in europe and america.

my argument is that, since almost all car with air conditioning have those gas in them, will the government ban importation of air conditioning cars?

so the wisest thing the government should have done was to specify the type of refrigerant that are not allowed and allow those units with the much more efficient and environmentally friendly units into the country.

if not, they should as well ban imported cars. anything short of that does not make sense.

kwadjo darko
building services engineer. uk.
Joe USA 11 years ago

Oh!! Ghanians lack business management Please Mr Allotey junior organize with other used refrigerated and air condition dealers to form association and hire a good lawyer to go to court and resend this useless law banning us ...
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Oh!! Ghanians lack business management Please Mr Allotey junior organize with other used refrigerated and air condition dealers to form association and hire a good lawyer to go to court and resend this useless law banning used refrigerated.I do believe this useless Executive secretary of the energy commission does not know what he is talking about did he know how much pollution USA, China,India and the Europeans em mitt one day and he have a nerve asking a poor Ghanaian with limited resource cooling his head with cold and these stupid Ghanaian PHD,Dr for nothing telling Ghanaian they can sell Used Refrigerated I believe those making Ahinna were lobbing his useless office or have paid bribe to him.Very soon they would make a law that you can fad because when they make useless laws they don't consult anybody or how it would affect people live and business.Stupid useless Dr went to useless conference and somebody thought him into it and lord behold he came back to Ghana and wake up in the morning banning used refrigerates and air condition did this stupid Dr Alfred Ofosu even take into consideration the weather we live in.God help Ghana because we were curse of leaders who used their head,He call himself Dr.I'm sure he going to supply every Ghanaian Ahina for free because it does not cause his so call pollution.God help Ghana ooo!
ROMANO 11 years ago

SEND EVERYTHING REMAINING TO VOLTA REGION SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER SEEN A FRIDGE BEFORE.THEY ARE SUPPLUS PEOPLE IN GHANA

SEND EVERYTHING REMAINING TO VOLTA REGION SOME OF THEM HAVE NEVER SEEN A FRIDGE BEFORE.THEY ARE SUPPLUS PEOPLE IN GHANA

Used Fridges ‘Reduced To Clear’

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